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Earphone

Granted 10 Aug 2010 · no office action yet

Current assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank · originally Koss Stereophones

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Inventors: Iain Roberts, Michael J. Koss, Jerry O'Leary, George Aye +1 · Examiner: Paula Greene · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/334,104
filed 20 Mar 2009
Publication
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US D621388
granted 10 Aug 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a left perspective view of an earphone showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof, with the right side being a mirror image;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a left perspective view of a second embodiment of an earphone showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a left side view thereof, with the right side being a mirror image;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof; and

FIG. 12 is a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 13 is a left perspective view of a third embodiment of an earphone showing our new design;

FIG. 14 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a left side view thereof, with the right side being a mirror image;

FIG. 17 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 18 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines are for purposes of illustration only and form no part of the claimed design. The differences in shading shown in FIGS. 7–12 represent a contrast of appearance and do not represent any particular color, texture, or material. FIGS. 13–18 are lined to represent the colors black, red, gray, and silver.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/223

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D621388-SS110 Aug 201020 Mar 2009grantedEarphone
USUS-D625298-SS112 Oct 20107 Apr 2010grantedEarphone set
USUS-D627338-SS116 Nov 20107 Apr 2010grantedEarphone dial
USUS-D633482-SS11 Mar 20117 Apr 2010grantedEarphone
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-326884-SS24 Jul 200930 Jun 2009publishedEarphone
AUAU-326885-SS24 Jul 200930 Jun 2009publishedEarphone
CACA-131306-SS4 May 201130 Jun 2009grantedSet of earphones
CACA-137191-SS4 May 201130 Jun 2009grantedSet of earphones
CACA-137192-SS4 May 201130 Jun 2009grantedSet of earphones

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